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Uptake of Resilient Crop Interventions to Manage Risks Through Climate-Smart Villages Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya

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Title Uptake of Resilient Crop Interventions to Manage Risks Through Climate-Smart Villages Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya
 
Creator Recha, John W.M.
Radeny, Maren A.O.
Kinyangi, James
Kimeli, Philip
 
Subject food security
climate change
agriculture
resilience
 
Description The changing climate is a threat to the smallholder farmers. Poverty and limited livelihood options increase vulnerability to climate risks. To counter this, a partnership between research and development organizations and the Nyando rural community developed Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) model to test local actions that ensure food security, promote adaptation and build resilience to climatic stresses. The purpose of the study was to explore the changes in farming practices made by households which are arising from the partnership. The study made use of household-level surveys for five years (2011–2015). The findings show increased use of terracing to conserve soil and water, intercropping, use of improved crop varieties, and households adopting three or more new crop types, greatly expanding on-farm choices for resilient varieties. The results can be used to showcase crop production practices suitable for adapting to the changing climate in rural communities.
 
Date 2017
2017-04-27T11:40:59Z
2017-04-27T11:40:59Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Recha JW, Radeny M, Kinyangi J, Kimeli P. 2017. Uptake of Resilient Crop Interventions to Manage Risks Through Climate-Smart Villages Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya. In: Filho WL et al (eds.). 2017. Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Fostering Resilience and Capacity to Adapt. Part II. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp 531-538.
9783319495194
9783319495200
1610-2010
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80805
EA_CSV
EA_PAR_CSA_Portfoilios
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49520-0_32
 
Language en
 
Relation Climate Change Management
 
Rights Copyrighted; all rights reserved
Limited Access
 
Format 531-538
 
Publisher Springer International Publishing